Draft:The Long Walk (upcoming film)

The Long Walk is an upcoming American dystopian horror film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by JT Mollner. It is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King.

Production
In 1988, George A. Romero was considered to direct the film adaptation, but it never came to fruition. By 2007, Frank Darabont had secured the rights to the film adaptation of the novel. He said that he would "get to it one day". He planned to make it low-budget, "weird, existential, and very self contained". In April 2018, New Line Cinema would adapt a film based on the novel, with James Vanderbilt attached to write and produce the film along with Bradley Fischer and William Sherak through their Mythology Entertainment banner. In May 2019, it was announced that André Øvredal would direct the adaptation. However, in November 2023, Øvredal was no longer directing the adaptation and Francis Lawrence was announced to replace Øvredal as a director for the adaptation. The rights for the adaptation was moved to Lionsgate after the rights lapsed from New Line. On June 10, 2024, Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson entered negotiations to star in the adaptation.

Filming
Principal photography is scheduled to begin on July 19, 2024, in Winnipeg, and it is expected to wrap on September 12.